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"BANTERWICK BARN, (or Banderwic), a farm in the parish of Hampstead Norris, hundred of Faircross, in the county of Berks, 4 miles from East Ilsley.
"HERMITAGE, a chapelry in the parish of Hampstead Norris, county Berks, 4 miles N.E. of Newbury."
"WELLHOUSE, a tything in the parish of Hampstead Norris, hundred of Faircross, county Berks, 3½ miles N. of Newbury."
From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland(1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003.
Other descriptions can be found from other periods in various trade directories covering Berkshire from the early 19th century onwards, from Berkshire FHS, and from A Vision of Britain Through Time.
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In addition to those listed on the Berkshire home page, see the Research Wiki from Family Search (the Church of Latter-day Saints (Genealogical Society of Utah))
Further information about some of the churches can be found below:
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Hampstead Norris to another place.
- Hampstead Norris was in the hundred of Faircross
- See the Bibliography and search the BRO's holdings
- The history of Job Lousley (1790-1855), a prominent local farmer, is described in an article in Berkshire Family Historian, Dec 2011, Vol 35, page 24.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU527763 (Lat/Lon: 51.483207, -1.242461), Hampstead Norris which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Hampstead Norris was in the Wantage Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.